Scales on 6 Hole Ocarina Tabs

Am Pentatonic Scale

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About the Am Pentatonic Scale
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The A minor pentatonic is five notes drawn from the natural minor: A, C, D, E and G, with A as the tonic. Because it skips the two semitone steps of a full scale, nothing in it clashes, which is why pentatonics are the safe sandbox for improvising. This version runs up two octaves from a low C and back down, so it doubles as a range check: you cross from the ocarina’s lower notes into the high ones and have to keep the tone even through the jump. A solid pattern for building finger memory and warming up the ear.

Blues Scales

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About the Blues Scales
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These two patterns, one built on D and one on G, are blues scales: a minor pentatonic with an added flattened fifth, the flat note that gives blues its bent, worried sound. Running them up and down teaches your fingers to find that blue note cleanly, since it lands on a sharp that is easy to fumble. The D pattern climbs from low D to the D an octave above and back; the G pattern is shorter. Both sit in the middle of the 6-hole ocarina’s range, which makes them a good warm-up before you tackle an actual blues tune.

C Major Scale

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About the C Major Scale
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The C major scale is the plainest scale in Western music: seven notes, no sharps and no flats, just the white keys from C up to B. That simplicity is exactly why it is the usual starting point. With nothing to trip over, you can concentrate on even breath and clean fingering while your ear learns the bright, settled sound a major scale makes. On the 6-hole ocarina it runs across the lower half of the range, an easy first climb before you reach for the higher notes. Learn it well and every other key becomes easier to read.

D Major Scale

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About the D Major Scale
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D major is a major scale with two sharps, F sharp and C sharp, built on the tonic D. It shares the bright, resolved character of any major scale but sits a step higher than C, which puts a full octave from low D to high D within reach on the 6-hole ocarina. The two sharps are the thing to watch: F sharp early in the climb and C sharp just before the top, both easy to miss if your fingers default to the natural notes. Practising it slowly fixes those positions in memory and stretches you comfortably across the instrument’s range.

G Major Scale

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About the G Major Scale
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G major carries a single sharp, F sharp, and is one of the most common keys in Western music, partly because it falls easily under the hand on guitar and piano. On the ocarina it has the same bright, open major sound, and this pattern runs from F sharp up through a high E. The note to mind is that opening F sharp, a half step that is simple to overshoot when you are still warming up. It is a short, friendly scale to drill, good for settling your breath and fixing the sharp before you move on to a tune in the same key.

Hungarian Gypsy Scale (A)

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About the Hungarian Gypsy Scale (A)
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Built on A, this Hungarian gypsy pattern uses the scale’s signature move: the augmented second between C and D sharp, a step and a half that gives the line its brooding, Eastern color. It is a short run, up from A to a high E and back, so it is a quick way to get that unusual interval into your fingers without a long climb. The reach to D sharp is the part to practise, since it sits a hole or two away from its neighbours. Take it slowly and let your ear settle on the gap; it sounds strange next to a plain minor scale, and that is the point.

Hungarian Gypsy Scale (E)

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About the Hungarian Gypsy Scale (E)
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This is a Hungarian gypsy scale, also called the Hungarian minor. What sets it apart are two wide steps, augmented seconds, that jump a step and a half where an ordinary scale would take a half or a whole step. Those gaps give it the dark, exotic pull people recognize from Eastern European folk music. On the ocarina the leaps are the challenge: your fingers travel across several holes at once and still have to land in tune. Run it slowly at first. It stretches your reach and trains your ear to hear those unusual intervals rather than the familiar major and minor ones.

Middle Eastern Scale

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About the Middle Eastern Scale
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The exotic sound of this scale comes from one wide step, the augmented second between F and G sharp, sitting near the bottom of the run. That leap conjures the snake-charmer, bazaar-at-dusk flavor the name promises. Starting on E, the pattern climbs to C and comes back down, staying in the middle of the 6-hole ocarina’s range. The stretch across that augmented second is the bit to drill, since neighbouring fingers have to jump a hole and still land in tune. It is a fun one to warm up with, and it trains your ear on an interval that Western major and minor scales never use.

Native American Scale

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About the Native American Scale
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Despite the name, this is a minor pentatonic scale built on D: five notes, D, F, G, A and C, with none of the semitone steps that make a full scale sound tense. That open, gap-toothed spacing is why it carries the calm, flute-like mood people associate with Native American melodies, and why almost anything you play on it sounds settled. It runs from low D up to a high C and back on the 6-hole ocarina, sitting nicely in the instrument’s range. Because nothing clashes, it is a forgiving place to work on tone and expression, adding trills or fading breath, rather than fighting to hit the right note.

Scales on 6 Hole Ocarina Tabs

Am Pentatonic Scale

About the Am Pentatonic Scale #

Blues Scales

About the Blues Scales #

C Major Scale

About the C Major Scale #

D Major Scale

About the D Major Scale #

G Major Scale

About the G Major Scale #

Hungarian Gypsy Scale (A)

About the Hungarian Gypsy Scale (A) #

Hungarian Gypsy Scale (E)

About the Hungarian Gypsy Scale (E) #

Middle Eastern Scale

About the Middle Eastern Scale #

Native American Scale

About the Native American Scale #

About the Am Pentatonic Scale
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About the Blues Scales
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About the C Major Scale
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About the D Major Scale
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About the G Major Scale
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About the Hungarian Gypsy Scale (A)
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About the Hungarian Gypsy Scale (E)
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About the Middle Eastern Scale
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About the Native American Scale
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